Forte Buying Group Awards Showroom Honorees

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Oct 25, 2007

Bethesda, MD — The Forte Buying Group, Inc., the largest buying group of independent decorative plumbing and hardware showrooms, has presented awards to several companies for outstanding achievement in servicing the design community. The following awards were presented at the Forte Annual Meeting, held in Carlsbad, CA.

Eurobath + Tile, in Denver, CO was honored as Forte’s 2007 Showroom of the Year. The award recognizes quality of displays, diversity of merchandise mix and commitment to the Forte channel. Euro Bath + Tile offers an 18,000-sq.-ft. visually stunning showroom. The company was honored for its superior customer service, technical proficiency and professionalism.

The award for Plumbing Showroom of the Year went to ProSource, LLC of Greenville, SC. The company offers a wide array of decorative plumbing and hardware products in its two showrooms, which operate in Greenville and Winston-Salem, NC.

Capitol Hardware, which operates showrooms in Santa Barbara and Paso Robles, CA, was tapped with the group’s Hardware Showroom of the Year honors. Capitol Hardware specializes exclusively in the specification and sale of door hardware.

The Forte Buying Group also presented awards recognizing Von Morris as the Hardware Vendor of the Year, and Jaclo Industries as the Plumbing Vendor of the Year. The Most Improved Showroom of the Year award was presented to Crescent Supply in Pittsburgh, PA.